Tom Longmuir is a partner at the global law firm Ashurst and leads a cross-cutting emerging markets finance practice focused on development and impact finance, specialising in complex first-in-kind and largest-in-kind financings. Private capital mobilisation is a key theme of Tom’s practice, with particular emphasis on blended financings that create additionality and support the Sustainable Development Goals.

He has acted on and led many of the most significant multilateral credit-supported financings throughout Africa, including with AfDB, AIIB, IBRD, IDA and MIGA, in a variety of transactions from bank debt through to bonds, derivatives and long-term power purchase agreements. Many of these financings are designed to support national Sustainable Frameworks and/or are sustainability-aligned.

He is recognised as a leading individual in Chambers Global, IFLR 1000, Legal 500 and other leading industry journals.